HILLIARD, Nicholas
(b. 1547, Exeter, d. 1619, London)

Self-portrait, aged 30

1577
Watercolour on vellum put down on card, diameter 41 mm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The miniature portrait represents a young man, head and shoulders, turned slightly to right and looking to front; the sitter is wearing a black cap and a ruff. Inscriptions in gold are on either side of the portrait on a blue background. The painting is set in a gold circular frame with raised concentric circles.




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